Puget Sound QGIS User Group2019-03-13T19:32:55+00:00http://psqgis.org/blogPaul McCombsMeetup March 12th, 2019 - InterIM CDA2019-03-06T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2019/03/06/Meetup-March-12<h2 id="our-monthly-meeting"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/258432028/?rv=ea2_v2">Our Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h2 id="tuesday-march-12th-6-8pm">Tuesday March 12th, 6-8pm</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.599777&amp;mlon=-122.324669#map=18/47.59957/-122.32641">InterIM CDA - 310 Maynard Ave South, Seattle, WA</a></p>
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<h3 id="agenda">Agenda:</h3>
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<p>Installing QGIS 3.6 for MacOS using this link: <a href="https://lutraconsulting.github.io/qgis-mac-packager/">https://lutraconsulting.github.io/qgis-mac-packager/</a></p>
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<p>Stu Smith will show some advanced cartography with QGIS 3.4 and will also bring the latest <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0998547743/"><em>QGIS Map Design</em> book</a>.</p>
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<p>Bob Catherman will talk about “Using SCP (Semi-Automated Classification Plugin) for accuracy assessment of classified Landsat images”. He has found that the workflow is challenging but interesting once he figured it out. Plus he has couple interesting announcements he would like to share with the group.</p>
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<p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TNqZowEsx1VHds-XpDGV-UvznA9sWYQk/view">Resource link</a> from QGIS User Conference 2019 currently in progress from Coruña (Spain).</p>
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</ol>
<p>Any topics folks like to share/demonstrate, please email to the group.</p>
<p>Paul McCombs</p>
Updated Agenda - Meetup February 12th, 2019 - InterIM CDA2019-01-26T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2019/01/26/Meetup-February-12<h2 id="our-monthly-meeting"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/gkjkpqyzdbqb/">Our Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h2 id="tuesday-february-12th-6-8pm">Tuesday February 12th, 6-8pm</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.599777&amp;mlon=-122.324669#map=18/47.59957/-122.32641">InterIM CDA - 310 Maynard Ave South, Seattle, WA</a></p>
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<h3 id="agenda">Agenda:</h3>
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<li>We will start series of practical exercises in QGIS to support our host InterIM.
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<li>This month we’ll import building footprints for International District.</li>
</ul>
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<p>Bob Catherman will share his experience in teaching QGIS at Vietnamese University and how he is developing GIS curriculum for the school using QGIS. He’ll also present on workflow and results using QGIS SCP (Semi-automatic classification).</p>
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<li>Stu Smith will show some advanced cartography with QGIS 3.4 and will also bring latest <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0998547743/">“QGIS Map Design” book</a>.</li>
</ol>
<p>Paul McCombs</p>
Meetup January 8th, 2019 - InterIM CDA2019-01-05T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2019/01/05/Meetup-January-8th<h2 id="our-monthly-meeting"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/gkjkpqyzcblb/">Our Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h2 id="tuesday-january-8th-6-8pm">Tuesday January 8th, 6-8pm</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.599777&amp;mlon=-122.324669#map=18/47.59957/-122.32641">InterIM CDA - 310 Maynard Ave South, Seattle, WA</a></p>
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<h3 id="agenda">Agenda:</h3>
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<li>Bob Catherman will briefly share his experience with use of QGIS at Hue University of Sciences in Vietnam.</li>
<li>I heard a rumor that Stu was planning on coming, but he hasn’t RSVPed, so I’m considering that a maybe.</li>
<li>Clifford may be discussing a freehand georeferencing plugin.</li>
</ol>
<p>There is room for a few more topics. Let us know if you’ve got anything.</p>
<p>Paul McCombs</p>
Meetup November 13th, 2018 - InterIM CDA2018-11-13T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2018/11/13/Meetup-November-13th<h2 id="our-monthly-meeting"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/sgdhmpyxlbsb/">Our Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h2 id="tuesday-november-13th-6-8pm">Tuesday November 13th, 6-8pm</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.599777&amp;mlon=-122.324669#map=18/47.59957/-122.32641">InterIM CDA - 310 Maynard Ave South, Seattle, WA</a></p>
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<h3 id="agenda">Agenda:</h3>
<ol>
<li>Any topics folks like to share/demonstrate. If you know ahead of time, please send a message via Meetup or the Google Group. Or, just show up and and share what you’ve got.</li>
</ol>
<p>Paul McCombs</p>
Meetup October 9th, 2018 - InterIM CDA2018-09-19T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2018/09/19/Meetup-October-9th<h2 id="our-monthly-meeting"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/sgdhmpyxlbsb/">Our Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h2 id="tuesday-october-9th-6-8pm">Tuesday October 9th, 6-8pm</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.599777&amp;mlon=-122.324669#map=18/47.59957/-122.32641">InterIM CDA - 310 Maynard Ave South, Seattle, WA</a></p>
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<h3 id="agenda">Agenda:</h3>
<ol>
<li>Any topics folks like to share/demonstrate. If you know ahead of time, please send a message via Meetup or the Google Group. Or, just show up and and share what you’ve got.</li>
</ol>
<p>Paul McCombs</p>
Updated Agenda - Meetup August 14th, 2018 - InterIM CDA2018-08-11T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2018/08/11/Updated-Agenda-Meetup-August-14th<h2 id="our-monthly-meeting"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/sgdhmpyxlbsb/">Our Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h2 id="tuesday-august-14th-6-8pm">Tuesday August 14th, 6-8pm</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.599777&amp;mlon=-122.324669#map=18/47.59957/-122.32641">InterIM CDA - 310 Maynard Ave South, Seattle, WA</a></p>
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<h3 id="agenda">Agenda:</h3>
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<p>Paul will share his recent experience using the US Census Bureau’s customized QGIS based GUPS software to participate in the Local Update of Census Addresses in preparation for the 2020 US Census.</p>
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<p>Robert will share a case study he is using in a QGIS curriculum he’s developing for use at Hue University of Sciences in Vietnam. The case study is using QGIS and Landsat 8 images to monitor development of a corn crop in a field near Monroe, WA. Monitoring started in April before it was planted and now the corn is 7 feet tall. Monitoring will continue with images every 8 days until after the corn is harvested. The goal is to teach students how to monitor any crop of interest in their country.</p>
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<p>Taylor Rulier will share tips and tricks for hillshading and labeling .</p>
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<p>Peter has question about using print composer for QGIS 3.2 for very large format (34” x 70” map) and trying to print using WMTS from Mapbox style.</p>
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<p>Any topics folks like to share/demonstrate. If you know ahead of time, please send a message via Meetup or the Google Group. Or, just show up and and share what you’ve got.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>Paul McCombs</p>
Meetup August 14th, 2018 - InterIM CDA2018-07-28T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2018/07/28/Meetup-August-14th<h2 id="our-monthly-meeting"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/sgdhmpyxlbsb/">Our Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h2 id="tuesday-august-14th-6-8pm">Tuesday August 14th, 6-8pm</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.599777&amp;mlon=-122.324669#map=18/47.59957/-122.32641">InterIM CDA - 310 Maynard Ave South, Seattle, WA</a></p>
<hr />
<h3 id="agenda">Agenda:</h3>
<ol>
<li>
<p>Paul will share his recent experience using the US Census Bureau’s customized QGIS based GUPS software to participate in the Local Update of Census Addresses in preparation for the 2020 US Census.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Any topics folks like to share/demonstrate. If you know ahead of time, please send a message via Meetup or the Google Group. Or, just show up and and share what you’ve got.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>Paul McCombs</p>
Meetup April 10th, 2018 - InterIM CDA2018-04-03T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2018/04/03/Meetup-April-10th<h2 id="our-monthly-meeting"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/xfmpkpyxgbnb/">Our Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h2 id="tuesday-april-10th-6-8pm">Tuesday April 10th, 6-8pm</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.599777&amp;mlon=-122.324669#map=18/47.59957/-122.32641">InterIM CDA - 310 Mayard Ave South, Seattle, WA</a></p>
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<h3 id="agenda">Agenda:</h3>
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<li>Stu has prepared a presentation for the group that covers QGIS techniques to determine distances between features - points, lines and polys.</li>
</ol>
<h3 id="any-new-topics-folks-like-to-sharedemonstrate-please-message-via-meetup-or-the-google-group">Any new topics folks like to share/demonstrate, please message via Meetup or the Google Group.</h3>
<p>Paul McCombs</p>
Site Reorganization2018-03-28T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2018/03/28/Site-Reorg<p>PSQGIS.com was reorganized in March 2018. The <a href="/minutes.html">meeting minutes</a> were moved from our <a href="\blog">blog</a> to their own page. This clears up the confusion of the minutes being listed in the blog by publication date instead of meeting date.</p>
<p>The <a href="\resources.html">PSQGIS resources page</a> was redesigned to make updates quicker and easier.</p>
<p>Finally there is now a <a href="\tags.html">browse by subject page</a> to help you find things. All of the resources and a good portion of the minutes were given subject tags. The remaining minutes will be tagged soon.</p>
<p>There is a lot of great information on our site provided by our members. Please check it out.</p>
<p>Paul</p>
Meetup March 13th, 2018 - InterIM CDA2018-03-03T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2018/03/03/Meetup-March-13th<h2 id="our-monthly-meeting"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/248226761/">Our Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h2 id="tuesday-march-13th-6-8pm">Tuesday March 13th, 6-8pm</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.599777&amp;mlon=-122.324669#map=18/47.59957/-122.32641">InterIM CDA - 310 Mayard Ave South, Seattle, WA</a></p>
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<h3 id="agenda">Agenda:</h3>
<ol>
<li>Newly release QGIS 3.0 is available and will discuss some shortcuts and functionalities</li>
<li>Stu will present various ways to access and display basemaps in QGIS &amp; will demonstrate to the group how to calculate distances between features (points,lines, polygons) either with single layer or between layers.</li>
</ol>
<h3 id="any-new-topics-folks-like-to-sharedemonstrate-please-email-to-the-group">Any new topics folks like to share/demonstrate, please email to the group.</h3>
<p>Paul McCombs</p>
Meetup February 13th, 2018 - InterIM CDA2018-02-06T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2018/02/06/Meetup-February-13th<h2 id="our-monthly-meeting"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/247522025/">Our Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h2 id="tuesday-february-13th-6-8pm">Tuesday February 13th, 6-8pm</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.599777&amp;mlon=-122.324669#map=18/47.59957/-122.32641">InterIM CDA - 310 Mayard Ave South, Seattle, WA</a></p>
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<h3 id="agenda">Agenda:</h3>
<ul>
<li>This month Peter will lead a group exploration of map composer templates. Paul will share what The US Census Bureau is doing with QGIS.</li>
<li>Please bring your questions and discoveries.</li>
</ul>
<p>Paul McCombs</p>
Happy GIS Day!2017-11-15T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2017/11/15/GIS-Day<p><a href="http://www.gisday.com/">GIS Day</a> is the perfect day to make a map.</p>
<p>Check out this article I found: <a href="http://gisgeography.com/qgis-arcgis-differences/">QGIS vs ArcGIS</a></p>
<p>We had a great meeting last night with two first time attendees. I will post the minutes soon. The new venue worked out well.
We expect to bring a projector in the future, as the display they have was a little too small for our purposes.</p>
<p>Paul</p>
Updated: Meetup November 14th, 2017 - InterIM CDA2017-11-10T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2017/11/10/Meetup-November-14th<h2 id="our-monthly-meeting"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/244271527/">Our Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h2 id="tuesday-november-14th-6-8pm">Tuesday November 14th, 6-8pm</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.599777&amp;mlon=-122.324669#map=18/47.59957/-122.32641">InterIM CDA - 310 Mayard Ave South, Seattle, WA</a></p>
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<h3 id="updated-agenda">Updated Agenda:</h3>
<ul>
<li>QGIS Graphical Modeler (similar to ESRI’s Modelbuilder): a visual way to create QGIS tools, particularly those that perform repetitive tasks. - StuDetermining building heights from lidar data. - Clifford</li>
<li>Idea for community project of a QGIS cookbook that we can collaborate on in real time. Bring your laptop! - Peter</li>
<li>QGIS solutions and questions - the group</li>
</ul>
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<p>We have found a new location thanks to the kind folks at InterIM CDA. Check out their <a href="http://interimicda.org/whatwedo/">website</a> and learn about the great work that they do to advance social justice.</p>
<p>We will be meeting at 310 Mayard Ave South, Seattle WA 98104.</p>
<p>Peter will be bringing a projector, so bring your laptop if you have something to share. That’s what we are all about.</p>
<p>Paul McCombs</p>
Meetup November 15th, 2016 - LFP Bar & Grill2016-11-12T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2016/11/12/Meetup-November-15th<h2 id="our-monthly-meeting"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/235519767/">Our Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h2 id="tuesday-november-15th-6-8pm">Tuesday November 15th, 6-8pm</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.75535&amp;mlon=-122.28044#map=17/47.75535/-122.28044">Lake Forest Bar &amp; Grill, 17535 Ballinger Way Ne, Seattle, WA</a></p>
<h3 id="the-reservation-is-the-name-stu-smith">The reservation is the name Stu Smith.</h3>
<p>Hello All!</p>
<p>Our monthly meeting will be held this coming Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 6-8 pm at the Lake Forest Bar and Grill. We’ve met there before and everyone seemed to enjoy the location.</p>
<p>Our QGIS topics will be:</p>
<ol>
<li>Using Geopackage and Spatialite data within QGIS (Evan was kind enough to offer to take the lead on this) and</li>
<li>Custom data input forms, part 2 by Andrew.</li>
</ol>
<p>I look forward to seeing all of you!
-Stu</p>
Meetup October 11th, 20162016-10-04T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2016/10/04/Meetup-October-11th<h2 id="our-monthly-meeting"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/234608558">Our Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h2 id="tuesday-october-11th-6-8pm">Tuesday October 11th, 6-8pm</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.shultzys.com/">Schultzy’s Sausage</a>, <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.65729&amp;mlon=-122.31297#map=19/47.65729/-122.31297">4114 University Way NE, Seattle, WA</a></p>
<h3 id="we-have-a-table-reserved-under-my-name-stu-smith">We have a table reserved under my name: Stu Smith</h3>
<p>Hello All,</p>
<p>We’ll meet at Schultzy’s Sausage, 4114 University Way NE in Seattle, on October 11th, from 6-8 pm.</p>
<p>Andrew has developed a number of QGIS custom data entry forms, so this will be valuable to see.</p>
<p>Peter has been looking at a new QGIS user book, and will give us a review.</p>
<p>I’ve got two QGIS plugins to share: an automatic attribute field updater and a raster cell calculator.</p>
<p>Plus beer and brats! See you there!</p>
<p>-Stu Smith</p>
Meetup September 13th, 20162016-08-28T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2016/08/28/Meetup-September-13th<h2 id="our-monthly-meeting"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/233474292">Our Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h2 id="tuesday-september-13th-6-8pm">Tuesday September 13th, 6-8pm</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.75535&amp;mlon=-122.28044#map=17/47.75535/-122.28044">Lake Forest Bar &amp; Grill, 17535 Ballinger Way Ne, Seattle, WA</a></p>
<h3 id="a-table-has-been-reserved-for-us">A table has been reserved for us.</h3>
<p>Hello! At our last meeting, we agreed to hold a more socially-oriented event at our next meeting, so please plan to meet this time for refreshments and/or dinner!</p>
<p>Although QGIS will be the evening’s theme, this will be primarily be a dinner-time chance to get to know each other better and share ideas and experiences at a more relaxed and informal level.</p>
<p>Please feel free to bring a laptop, as the restaurant has wifi. Since we’ll be seated at a table, we won’t have an overhead monitor. However, we can always look over each other’s shoulders at a laptop display!</p>
<p>As always, if you have a QGIS question or topic to share, please bring it along. Alternatively, if you’re more in the mood for dinner and a brew, that can be accomplished as well! I look forward to seeing all of you.</p>
<p>-Stu Smith</p>
Meetup August 9th, 20162016-08-08T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2016/08/08/Meetup-August-9th<h2 id="our-regular-monthly-meeting"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/233220264/">Our Regular Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h3 id="tuesday-august-9th-6-8pm">Tuesday August 9th, 6-8pm</h3>
<p>My apologies for not getting this message out sooner. We’ll meet at:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.77189&amp;mlon=-122.38504#map=19/47.77189/-122.38504">Richmond Beach Library, 19601 21st Ave. NW, Shoreline, WA</a></p>
<p>We’ll continue our integration work from last month, and Peter Keum will review the latest QGIS book. See you there!</p>
<p>-Stu Smith</p>
QGIS Conference 2016 Resources2016-07-03T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2016/07/03/QGIS-Conference-2016<p>Peter Keum shared the location of videos and workshop materials from the QGIS Conference 2016.</p>
<p>Please check out the latest version of our <a href="/resources.html">Resources</a> page.</p>
<p>Paul McCombs</p>
Meetup July 12th, 20162016-07-03T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2016/07/03/Meetup-July-12th<h2 id="our-regular-monthly-meeting"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/231941602/">Our Regular Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h3 id="tuesday-july-12th-6pm">Tuesday July 12th, 6pm</h3>
<p>King Street Center
<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/47.59885/-122.33041">201 South Jackson Street</a></p>
<p>Although the building will be locked at the meeting time, we’ll have someone stationed outside to let you in. If you arrive late, call me (Stu) at 360-951-5131 and we’ll come outside and let you in the building.</p>
<p>Hello fellow QGIS enthusiasts,</p>
<p>We had a great meeting this past Tuesday; Andrew McAninch showed us how to use QGIS’s Graphical Modeler to create programs that string together multiple tools to create a custom process or simplify repetitive tasks. Graphical Modeler is similar to ESRI’s ModelBuilder, and it was great to see that functionality available in QGIS. Andrew also reviewed how to repair shapefile geometry errors using the QGIS tool prepair, and it’s comparison to the GRASS v.clean tool and ESRI’s Repair Geometry tool. Finally (Andrew is a very busy fellow!) he introduced us to the QGIS Processing Toolbox, which opens the world of other Open Source spatial analysis tools and scripts to QGIS users.</p>
<p>I introduced the group to the QGIS plugin <a href="http://arken.umb.no/~havatv/gis/qgisplugins/NNJoin/">nnjoin</a>, which identifies the nearest feature to each input feature, comparable to ESRI’s Near tool.</p>
<p>Once again, I’m favorably pleased to see the level of functionality in QGIS, and when the cost (free!) is included, I’m overwhelmed. I’m personally excited to learn more about QGIS, which leads us to our July 12 meeting agenda:</p>
<ul>
<li>Peter Keum has purchased the book <a href="http://locatepress.com/dqw">Discover QGIS</a> and he’ll review a few of it’s chapters for us.</li>
<li>Evan Derickson will present the QGIS Virtual Raster Table (VRT) technology to us. VRTs are similar to ESRI Mosaic Datasets, where multiple independent rasters can be viewed and analyzed without having to physically merge them into a single giant raster.</li>
</ul>
<p>This is all good stuff, and I’m looking forward to seeing you at our next meeting!</p>
<p>-Stu Smith</p>
QGIS Time Manager Resources2016-06-02T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2016/06/02/Time-Manager<p>Joel Masselink’s notes on QGIS Time Manager have been linked from our <a href="/resources.html">Resources</a> page. Check it out.</p>
<p>Paul McCombs</p>
Meetup June 14th, 20162016-06-02T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2016/06/02/Meetup-June-14th<h2 id="our-regular-monthly-meeting"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/231356815/">Our Regular Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h3 id="tuesday-june-14th-6---8pm">Tuesday June 14th, 6 - 8pm</h3>
<p>Shoreline Library</p>
<p><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.75560&amp;mlon=-122.32504#map=18/47.75560/-122.32504">345 NE 175th Street</a> <em>in the small meeting room</em></p>
<p>I’m looking forward to seeing all of you for our upcoming monthly meeting. We’ve got a great lineup planned. Scott Le is going to share the Lecos (<a href="https://conservationecology.wordpress.com/qgis-plugins-and-scripts/lecos-land-cover-statistics/">Landscape Ecology Statistics</a>) QGIS plugin with us - using geographic data from Senegal. Andrew McAninch will cover a variety of issues including fixing geometry errors, terrain analysis and the modeler. We’ll also have a group discussion comparing the pros and cons of Spatialite and Geopackage spatial databases. As if that weren’t all we’ll continue with our regular monthly comparison of QGIS and Arc tools, so please feel free to share with the group any QGIS tool and its Arc equivalent. See you at the Shoreline Library!</p>
<p>-Stu Smith</p>
Meetup May 10th, 20162016-04-26T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2016/04/26/Meetup-May-10th<h2 id="our-regular-monthly-meeting"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/230571258/">Our Regular Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h3 id="tuesday-may-10th-6---8pm">Tuesday May 10th, 6 - 8pm</h3>
<p>King Street Center
<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/47.59885/-122.33041">201 South Jackson Street</a></p>
<p>Although the building will be locked at the meeting time, we’ll have someone stationed outside to let you in. If you arrive late, call me (Stu) at 360-951-5131 and we’ll come outside and let you in the building.</p>
<p>Hello!</p>
<p>Here’s the agenda for this upcoming meeting:</p>
<ul>
<li>We’re going to create a reference list of QGIS tools and methods and their ArcGIS software equivalents. For example, if I know how to do a polygon buffer in Arc, this list will provide the QGIS equivalent. We’d like to eventually assemble a comprehensive collection of QGIS tools organized by category (cartography, analysis, data management..). This list will be very useful for not only new QGIS users, but for those of us who are transitioning from Arc software. So… bring your favorite QGIS tool or technique and (if you know it) the Arc equivalent. A tip of the hat to Peter Keum for this idea!</li>
<li>Clifford Snow is going to share his Open Street Map (OSM) expertise with us. He has generously offered to show us how to extract and download (free!) GIS data from OSM and bring it into QGIS for analysis and display.</li>
<li>Joel Masselink and I will show how to create and display time-dependent data, including output videos, in QGIS using GPS source data.</li>
</ul>
<p>This should be an interesting and informative meeting, and I’m looking forward to seeing all of you!</p>
<p>-Stu</p>
Meetup April 12th, 20162016-04-05T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2016/04/05/Meetup-April-12th<h2 id="our-regular-monthly-meeting"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/230151764/">Our Regular Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<h3 id="tuesday-april-12th-6---8pm">Tuesday April 12th, 6 - 8pm</h3>
<p>King Street Center
<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/47.59885/-122.33041">201 South Jackson Street</a></p>
<p>The building is locked in the evening. After the main enterance is gated you can access the building from a small side door facing 2nd Avenue South close to South Jackson Street. Paul McCombs will be at the door to help people in.</p>
<p>For this meeting, we’re going to have an open session on web mapping with QGIS. If time allows, I’ll be talking about Geopackages and Spatialite, the QGIS Time Manager plugin, and the Qfield smartphone app.</p>
<p>Stu</p>
State of the Map US 2016 - Seattle WA2016-03-19T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2016/03/19/SOTMUS21016<p><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/about">OpenStreetMap</a> is a great source of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_data">open data</a> that you can <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Downloading_data">download</a> and use in QGIS.
Their annual US conference, <a href="http://stateofthemap.us/">State of the Map US</a>, is going to be held in Seattle this year. The early bird discount ends April 10th. I’ve included the announcement below.</p>
<p>Paul McCombs</p>
<p><img src="/images/sotmus2016.png" alt="State of the Map US 2016" /></p>
<h2 id="get-your-early-bird-ticket">Get your early bird ticket!</h2>
<p>Registration to State of the Map US is now open. Tickets are available for $90 until April 10th, then they will go up to the regular rate of $150.</p>
<p><a href="http://stateofthemap.us/">Head over to StateOfTheMap.us</a> and get your early bird ticket.</p>
<p>Interested in speaking at the conference, organizing workshops or a scholarship to attend? Hold tight, more updates coming soon.</p>
<p>Have a great weekend -</p>
<p>your State of the Map US team</p>
Meetup March 8th, 20162016-03-05T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2016/03/05/Meetup-March-8th<h2 id="our-regular-monthly-meeting"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/229279330/">Our Regular Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<p>King Street Center
<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/47.59885/-122.33041">201 South Jackson Street</a></p>
<p>The building is locked in the evening. After the main enterance is gated you can access the building from a small side door facing 2nd Avenue South close to South Jackson Street. Paul McCombs will be at the door to help people in.</p>
<p>Hello!</p>
<p>Here’s a quick reminder to put next Tuesday on your calendar for our regular Puget Sound QGIS meeting.</p>
<p>At this meeting, Evan Derickson will talk about QGIS cartography including hill shades, coastal vignettes and things you can’t do in ArcMap. I’m going to lead a group discussion about GeoPackages. I don’t know much about them, but I’ll share what my research has uncovered. If I recall, others may have some experience with them, or understanding about them, so everyone is encouraged to share their .gpkg knowledge! Finally, if time permits, I’ll share what I know about making map packages in QGIS.</p>
<p>I also want to thank Paul McCombs for taking meeting notes and getting them up on the website at psqgis.org!</p>
<p>Is anyone interested in getting together socially before the meeting for food and drink? If there’s interest, please respond to the group and we’ll see what evolves.</p>
<p>I look forward to seeing everyone.</p>
<p>Stu</p>
PSQGIS.org Resource Page Update2016-02-18T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2016/02/18/Resources-Update<p>Bob Catherman’s QGIS handbook "Monitoring Health Care Outcomes Using GIS" has been updated to version 3.8.</p>
<p>Bob Catherman’s presentation on Processing Raster images, Paul McCombs presentation on QGIS Relations, and Peter Keum’s list of reference materials have been added.</p>
<p>Please check out the latest version of our <a href="/resources.html">Resources</a> page.</p>
<p>Paul McCombs</p>
Reference Materials and Learning Software2016-02-06T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2016/02/06/Reference-Materials<h2 id="reference-materials-and-learning-software">Reference Materials and Learning Software</h2>
<p>Reference:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.qgis.org/en/docs/index.html">http://www.qgis.org/en/docs/index.html</a> - Official documentation.</li>
<li><a href="http://maps.cga.harvard.edu/qgis/">http://maps.cga.harvard.edu/qgis/</a> - Videos of installation and various tools</li>
<li><a href="http://www.qgistutorials.com/en/">http://www.qgistutorials.com/en/</a> - Screen shots of step by step instruction</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/maptime/portland/blob/gh-pages/tutorials/Cartographic-Design-Notes-and-Resources-by-Alexa-Todd.md">https://github.com/maptime/portland/blob/gh-pages/tutorials/Cartographic-Design-Notes-and-Resources-by-Alexa-Todd.md</a> - Fantastic github repo describing on making better maps and very detail QGIS resources. ( Most comprehensive).</li>
</ul>
<p>Classes:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://fossgeo.org/2015/04/10/announcing-the-new-geo-academy/">http://fossgeo.org/2015/04/10/announcing-the-new-geo-academy/</a> - Fantastic video class, self pacing, create account through Canvas Learning (FREE). Very comprehensive and good place to start for those introducing to geospatial field.</li>
<li><a href="http://us8.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e682402ff461b79bf8c2d128e&amp;id=b7cdc621c9">GIS for Health Researchers</a> - UW free online course covers health research methods with QGIS. – Added March 2017</li>
</ul>
Meetup February 9th, 20162016-02-05T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2016/02/05/Meetup-Feb-9th<h2 id="our-regular-monthly-meeting"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/228600890/">Our Regular Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<p>Bellevue Regional Library Room 1</p>
<p><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/47.62005/-122.19424">1111 110th AVE NE, Bellevue, WA</a></p>
<p>We’ll have another information-packed session at this meeting. John Murphy will demonstrate how to print multi-paged atlases and Bob Catherman will give the second part of his raster experiment using QGIS. Stu Smith will show how to package a QGIS project and all of it’s associated data into a single zipped file which can be shared with others.</p>
<p>Don’t forget that Paul McCombs has been kind enough to keep our meeting notes. He’s placed them at our web site, and you can view them at <a href="/blog/">http://psqgis.org/blog/</a>.</p>
<p>I hope to see you Tuesday!</p>
<p>Stu</p>
Meetup January 12th, 20162016-01-12T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2016/01/12/Meetup-Jan-12th<h2 id="our-regular-monthly-meeting"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/227847128/">Our Regular Monthly Meeting</a></h2>
<p>Third Place Commons meeting room
Lake Forest Park Town Centre, <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/47.75378/-122.27916">17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA</a>
On the north side of the Town Centre shopping mall (Ballinger Way NE &amp; Bothell Way NE), look for the entrance to Third Place Books. Go inside, and you’ll see a large open area. The meeting room is just off that open area.</p>
<p>I’m looking forward to seeing everyone! We’ve got two QGIS presentations lined up, with the possibility of more. I’m going to cover the basics of QGIS data entry and editing (both spatial and tabular). Bob Catherman is going to show us how to use raster data within QGIS. Please note that he is asking that you respond to this meeting notice and let him know if you’ve previously worked with raster data in any GIS software, and how often. Your response will help him fine-tune his content.</p>
<p>Thanks, Stu</p>
Meetup November 10th, 20152015-11-01T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2015/11/01/Meetup-Nov-10th<p>Hello Fellow PSQGIS members.</p>
<p>I’m happy to announce our <a href="http://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/226389306/">upcoming monthly meeting</a>, Tuesday, November 10th, from 6:30 - 8:30 pm. This time, we’re going to move the venue to the South Sound area, at the Lakewood public library, <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/377915619#map=19/47.16035/-122.52144">6300 Wildaire Rd SW, Lakewood, WA</a> in the Library meeting room. Hopefully this location will give people who have had a difficult time traveling north to Seattle for our previous meetings the chance to join in.</p>
<p>I think the agenda will be pretty informative, with solid, practical tips for using QGIS. John Murphy will demonstrate how to create output maps, including paper and digital, using the Print Composer. Paul McCombs will have advice on how to link tables together in a 1:many fashion using Relates. I’ve got some quick tips on accessing free (!) basemaps, using coordinate systems within QGIS, and adding Google Earth .kml files to QGIS.</p>
<p>As always, there will be time for your questions, suggestions and all other ideas related to QGIS.</p>
<p>Paul McCombs was kind enough to take notes from our previous meeting, and he’s posted them, along with all of our other meeting notes, at the <a href="http://psqgis.org/blog/">PSQGIS Blog</a>.</p>
<p>I look forward to seeing all of you!</p>
<p>Stu Smith</p>
Meetup October 13th, 20152015-10-11T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2015/10/11/Meetup-Oct-13th<p>Hello, fellow PSQGIS-ers! This is to confirm our <a href="http://www.meetup.com/Puget-Sound-QGIS-Users-Group/events/225737513/">next meeting</a>, which will be held this coming Tuesday, October 13, from 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/35899251#map=19/47.77187/-122.38504">Richmond Beach Library, 19601 21st Ave. NW, Shoreline, WA</a>.</p>
<p>There are a number of QGIS-related topics for us to cover:</p>
<ol>
<li>Using coordinate systems and projections within QGIS</li>
<li>How to add raster data, create a hillshade, and then blend colors between multiple layers (such as hillshade overlays)</li>
<li>How to join attribute tables in QGIS</li>
<li>Adding well-known-text (.wkt) data to QGIS</li>
<li>Further information on displaying time-related data in the QGIS Time Manager plugin</li>
<li>Adding Google Earth .kml files to QGIS</li>
<li>A special surprise topic!</li>
</ol>
<p>As always, there will be time for QGIS-related general discussion, questions, tips and tricks.</p>
<p>Regards, Stu</p>
Meetup September 8th, 20152015-08-28T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2015/08/28/Meetup-Sept-8th<p><strong>Update - Agenda:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Clifford Snow will talk with us about using the Postgis database with QGIS.</li>
<li>Stu Smith will show an example of using the QGIS Time Manager to create trajectory animations, following the <a href="http://anitagraser.com/2015/05/08/trajectory-animations-with-fadeout-effect/">work of Anita Graser</a> (one of the more well-known QGIS experts).</li>
<li>Stu has wanted to cover QGIS table joins, but he hasn’t had time during our previous meetings.</li>
</ul>
<p>Hello All,</p>
<p>Our next monthly meeting will be held Tuesday, September 8, from 6 pm - 8 pm at the Shoreline Library, 345 NE 175th Street, Shoreline, WA 98155.</p>
<p>The location is just a block or so east of the I-5 freeway intersection with NE 175th.</p>
<p>I’ll be sending a followup message to you with an agenda. If you have anything that you’d like to share with the group about QGIS (questions, tips, news, etc), please let me know.</p>
<p>I look forward to seeing you!</p>
<p>Stu</p>
Agenda for Meetup August 11th, 20152015-08-04T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2015/08/04/Agenda-August-11<p>Hello All,
Here’s a quick agenda for our upcoming Tuesday August 11 meeting:</p>
<ol>
<li>As always, everyone is welcome to bring their own QGIS experiences, questions and thoughts!</li>
<li>John Murphy has kindly offered to demonstrate how he taught non-GIS people to use QGIS for building shapefiles. These tasks included:
<ul>
<li>Download King County parcel shapefiles</li>
<li>Capture a small city’s zoning map (typically pdf) online</li>
<li>Geo-reference the map</li>
<li>Create a new shapefile for the city’s zoning boundaries using the parcel shapefile as a reference layer.</li>
<li>Modify feature attributes in the new shapefile</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Jesse Ruth will be sharing some of the experiences he has had working as an analytics developer faced with using geospatial data and how he came to recognize and use QGIS to solve some of his problems.</li>
<li>Finally, I’ll demonstrate some enhancements for joining tables that are now available with the latest QGIS release (2.10.1).</li>
</ol>
<p>I look forward to seeing all of you. This meeting will be held on August 11, from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Richmond Beach branch of the King County Library. Here’s the address:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>19601 21st Ave. NW<br />
Shoreline, WA 98177</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Regards, Stu Smith</p>
Meetup August 11th, 20152015-07-28T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2015/07/28/Meetup-August-11th<p>Our next meeting will be held on August 11, from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Richmond Beach branch
of the King County Library. Here’s the address:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>19601 21st Ave. NW</p>
<p>Shoreline, WA 98177</p>
</blockquote>
<p>For those of you who attended our previous meeting, please note the change of time and venue.</p>
<p>An agenda will be available soon.</p>
First Post - Welcome to PSQGIS User Group2015-07-21T00:00:00+00:00http://psqgis.org/blog/2015/07/21/first-post<p>The PSQGIS web site is in early test mode. Come back later in the month to see what we are
up to.</p>